SynergyAI Compliance Team

We participated in the First University of St. Gallen AI Act Grand Challenge 2023, a competition involving interdisciplinary teams tasked with assessing the legal compliance of real-world AI-based systems with the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The AI Act is the very first attempt in the world to regulate AI systems and its potential impact is significant. The competition provided firsthand experience and practical knowledge regarding the AI Act’s requirements. It also highlighted challenges and opportunities for the software engineering and AI communities.

We were selected to compete with other teams and we formed a team of computer scientists, lawyers and ethicists to assess the compliance of AI applications of several AI providers, providing detailed compliance reports after their presentations and interviews.

Members of the team:

• Teresa Scantamburlo – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (Team Leader)

• Valentina Billa – Aude / In2Law, Italy

• Alessandro Fabris – Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Bochum, Germany

• Paolo Falcarin – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

• Chiara Gallese – University of Turin, Italy

• Alberto Veneri – Ca’ Foscari University Venice, Italy

• Federico Marcuzzi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Valentina Billa and I led the legal part of the compliance.